Easy Sourdough Hamburger Buns With Fresh Milled Flour
These homemade hamburger buns are nutrient dense, but still light, fluffy and delicious. Make the dough in the morning, and you can have hot buns ready by dinnertime, no yeast needed!
Equipment
- 1 Grain mill or high powered blender
- 1 Large glass mixing bowl
- Plastic Wrap
- 1 Large Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Bench scraper or large knife
Ingredients
Hamburger Bun Dough
- 1/4 cup active sourdough starter
- 3 cups freshly milled flour from hard white wheat berries
- 1 - 1 1/2 cups filtered water
- 1 1/2 tbsp raw honey
- 1 1/2 tsp unrefined salt
Egg Wash
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
Feed Sourdough Starter
- The night before you want hamburger buns, feed your sourdough starter. You want your starter to be bubbly, active and roughly doubled by morning time.
Make Hamburger Dough
- Grind your wheat berries to make 3 cups of finely milled flour.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt together.
- Add sourdough starter, honey, and one cup of water.
- Mix the dough with a large spoon or your hands. If the dough is dry, gradually add water until the dough just comes together.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
Stretch & Folds
- 30 minutes later, perform a set of stretch and folds on your hamburger dough. Recover the dough with plastic wrap.
- Repeat this step twice more, every 30 minutes.
First Rise
- After three sets of stretch and folds, recover the dough with plastic wrap and leave it in a warm place to rise. The dough should roughly double in size, which should take 4-6 hours.
Shaping & Second Rise
- Before you start shaping hamburger buns, prepare a large baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
- Lightly flour a work surface, and turn out the dough.
- Evenly separate the dough into 8 equal pieces using a bench scraper or a sharp knife.
- Shape each piece of dough into a smooth ball by folding the outsides into the middle. Take the dough ball in your palms and flatten it while rotating it. You can also press it against your work surface.
- Place all eight of the shaped hamburger buns on the prepared parchment paper. Cover them with a tea towel and allow them to rise until puffy, 1-2 hours.
Bake The Buns
- Preheat the oven to 375
- Prepare an egg wash by mixing 1 egg with 1 tb of water, and brush the hamburger buns with the egg wash. Sprinkle them with sesame seeds
- Bake the buns for 25-30 minutes, or until they are golden brown and cooked all the way through.
- Let the buns cool on a wire rack, and enjoy!